Commentary
P1 registration: Is it time to stop giving parent volunteers priority?
The parent volunteer system has become complicated, messy and benefits only a few. But do parents really need an incentive to get involved in their children’s lives?
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Some schools no longer accept parent volunteers, citing the administrative workload and challenges of managing parents whose children did not eventually get a spot in the school.
ST PHOTO: TARYN NG
Queue for Hello Kitty, queue for pre-school places, and now, queue for the chance to be a parent volunteer at a popular school.
This was how The Straits Times reported in 2014 on the popularity of parent volunteering. Back then, more than 80 people had lined up outside a popular Punggol primary school to register as parent volunteers.
